- * As Igbo Leaders, Traditional Rulers, Elders Council Endorse Him As Best Choice From South East Based On Track Record, Service Delivery
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11
Senator-elect for Ebonyi South Senatorial District and incumbent governor of the state on the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Engr. David Nweze Umahi, has been tipped by Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide as the best choice of the South East Zone for the next Senate Presidency job in the 10th Senate commencing in June.
Ohaneze said its support for Umahi is based on the fact that the Ebonyi State governor and leader of the South East Governor's Forum has demonstrated democratic tolerance without penchant for sectional politics.
Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide in a statement on Sunday, March 12, 2023 by its Secretary General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, explained that it is obviously fair that the next Senate President, should, in this dispensation, emerge from the South East geo-political zone.
Beyond the consideration of the South East for the 10th Session of the National Assembly position, the Ohaneze stated that more important is the choice of the occupant of the office. The group posited that Nigeria currently need politicians with spread of acceptance and without bias of religion and ethnicity.
"Umahi fits in this. When some politicians here were pursuing selfish interests, Umahi who is currently the Senator- elect for Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone took his people into the mainstream of Nigerian politics, just like he saw tomorrow. He has made friends across the divide. He has demonstrated tolerance for all sections and strata, so the cap fitted him most.
"For the interest of unity, for the gains of Umahi's proven commitment to one Nigeria, infrastructure and human development, and also for the Igbo interest and the need to galvanize support for our long sought chance to have one of us stride to presidency in the near future, we seek the support of all to enthrone Umahi as the next Senate President", Ohaneze said in the statement.
The apex Igbo Socio-Cultural Organization noted that every well meaning rules are made for the general good, "Whatever can stand against this genuine request can be bent to achieve the best for the time ".
Similarly, different socio cultural and political groups in the South East geo-political zone have indicated to support the advocacy for a tested and trusted hand from South East to clinch the Senate Presidency.
The groups including the South East Traditional Rulers, Elders Council, Political Organisations in Igboland, etc, have indicated interest in championing the course for the emergence of governor Umahi as the next Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. They said that time has come in Nigeria when people of proven track records should be called to higher service.
In a separate communication by the State Working Committee of APC Ebonyi State led by Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, the group has presented to the President-elect, the person of governor Umahi for his gracious consideration while looking forward to South East producing the Senate President.
According to the group, Umahi has the most broad-based and acceptable credentials to lead the red Chambers of the 10th National Assembly in this democratic dispensation of renewed hope. NNL.
